Submitted on Friday 4th October 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 8th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make it illegal for employers to use social media accounts against their workers
Any employer can now dismiss without notice any employer based on social media content under the pretext of reputational damage with no legal safeguards. This system is wide open to abuse for employers to dismiss staff for expressing personal/political opinions which their employer disapproves of.
Pass an Act banning employers from taking disciplinary action against any employee unless it is found by the authorities to be criminal in nature. The police are responsible for investigating hate crimes etc, not employers and the threat to peoples jobs is being used to suppress free speech. Accusations against a company would have a defence against any reputational damage that they don't endorse their employees views but also have no right to intervene as that is the responsibility of the law.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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